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Mrs. Leah Sykes Young receives citation from President R. P. Daniel.
. . trying ... to raise my children to praise the Lord . .
Both Races In Virginia Pay
Tribute To Mother Of 14 .
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SEBRELL, 'l^a.
Citizens of both races in this
Old Dominion State paused
here last Sunday to pay tribute
to a sweet-faced old lady who
in her very, useful lifetime has
reared 23 children.
Long time neighbors, friends
and well-wishers oif Mn. Leah
Sykes Young crowded the mo
dest St. John’s Charch chapel
here last Sunday afternoon to
witness the presentation of a ci.
tation from the Virginia com
mittee of the American Mothers
Committee honoring Mrs. Young
as the “Mother of the Year” for
Virginia.
Mrs. Young, whose youngest
child is 21 and whose oldest ^
43, was selected several weeks
ugo from a list of a “great
many deserving applicants”
for the honor.
And on last Sunday in this
little farming village less than
40 miles due north, of Roanoke
Rapids, N. C., amidst a circle
of her family, friends and neigh
bors, Mrs. Young was presented
with the awards which go with
her honor.
Dr. Robert P. Daniel, presi
dent of Virginia State College
—an institution which several
of Mrs. Young's children have
attended—in a moving and
timely message, praised Mrs.
Young for her determination ttf
see that her children “go beyond
her” and ^pointed out to his
audience that she is a fitting
example of the fact that “great
honors can come to us if we do
our tasks well.”
“In this time when we are
concerned with equality of op
portunity and the privilege and
the chance to manage ourselves,
it is of great significance that
here in Virginia...down where
the South tegins...that one of
our group should be selected as
the Virginia Mother of the
Year,” the Virginia State col
lege head asserted.
Dr. Daniels thought it quite
fitting'that the scene of the
ceremonies honoring Mrs.
Young should be laid here in
the miast of th# territory which
all of the Youngs^ave grown
to know so well. (Originally,
the program was scheduled for
the Virginia State College, but
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Lorenzo C. White (extreme right), executiv secretary oj the National Hampton Alumni
Association, presents awards made at the annuual meeting of the North Carolina Region
of the Hampton Alumni Association last week at Bricks, North Carolina. H. V. Brown, prin
cipal of the Dillard High School at Goldsboro, (third from right) was named by the meet
ing “North Carolina Hamptonian of the Year.” Shown, in the picture are, left to right, N.
B. White, Durham, President of the North Carolina Region of the Alumni Association; J.
C. Hubbard, Nominee for the Hamptonian of the Year award from Durham; Mrs. Carrie S.
Wilson, nominee from Burlington; Brown and Neill McLean, Nominee from Bricks, and
White. '
Nominees for the award not shown in the picture are Mrs. Majorie Belton, Charlotte;
W. A. Goldaborough, Greensboro; and Miss Margaret Harris, Raleigh.
Hugh Brown Honored As
N. C. Hamptonians Meet
BRICKS, N. C.
Hugh V. Brown, principal of
the Dillard high school at Golds
boro, was named “North Caro
lina Hamptonian of the Year"
at the 18th annual meeting of
the State region of the Hampton
Alumni Association here last
week.
Attended T>y some 160 Hamp
tonians, the two-day meeting
convened last Saturday after,
noon at Brick Rural Life School
here and Was concluded on Sun
day.
Brown, well-known and re-
•spected religious and civic lea
der in North Carolina, was hon
ored for his “more than 25 years
.service to his community end
Hampton Institute.” The Tar
Heel educator, who also serves
as a member of Hampton trus
tee board, was presented jan en
graved plaque by Lorenxo C.
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HARRIS SURVIVES RUN-OFF;
TAYLOR BARELY MISSES
R. N. Harris and Marshall T.
Mangum, survived the primary
for the Third Ward Council
seat here Monday and will battle
it out in the city-wide May 5
election.
Ironically enough, James T.
Taylor, North Carolina College
professor running as an indepen
dent candidate, who entered the
race first and appeared to cam
paign hardest, came out on the
short end of the vote and was
thus eliminated from the race.
Harris, who won the endorse
ment of the Durham Committee
on Negro Affairs, led both con-,
testants in total votes. Unoffi
cial results showed that he poll-
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"Rum Runners” Me^ Deafh
In Flammg Auto Wreckage
25 y Ions Of
White Liquor
Spilled In Crash
SMTTHFIELD
Two bootleggers met a horri
ble death in the Haming wreck
age of their automobile her6 last
Sunday morning when their car
struck a bridge at Black Creek
and burned.
One other person was serious
ly injured in the crash.
Three occupants of the car,
all Raleigh residents, were
hauling about 25 ' gallons of
white liquor in their 1051 Ford
sedan when it ran off the high
way, travelled 70 feet before
striking the bridge abutment,
then skidded across the bridge.
Killed in the crash were Da
vid King, driver of the car, who
was thrown clear after the im
pact and crushed to death; and
Daughton Huff, Jr., a passengef
who was burned to death when
the car caught fir£ after the
collision.
Woodrow Williams, owner of
the car and the whiskey, was
taken to Johnston Memorial
hospital where he is in critical
condition. He suffered burns
about his face and back in ad
dition to other injuries.
Investigating patrolmen re
ported that Huff’s body was
burned beyond recognition.
King, driver of the death car,
was found about ten feet from
where the car came to rest. His
body was crushed and both legs
were broken.
Williams is reported as telling
highway patrolman T. L. Bui.
lard, who investigated the acci
dent, that the three of them were
carrying liquor from Benson to
be distributed in Raleigh. The
load was contained in about 50
half gallon jars. Bullard said he
counted 50 half gallon jar tops.
All the bottles w«re broken in
the wreck, and the contents
flowed around the car and the
scene of the accident
Bullard said he also found a
small black book among Willi
ams’ belongings, containing en-
tiies such as "Pd”, “Coming In”,
and “Going Out”, indicating that
Williams was doing a wholesale
distributing business.
Williams will be charged with
non-tax-paid whiskey.
The automobile was a
loss.
NCC, Bennett
Name Speakers
for Finals
President Alfonso Elder of
North Carolina College has
named the college’s 1953 com
mencement week speakers.
This year’s baccalaureate
speaker is Dr. Archibald Carey,
alderman of the Third Ward,
Chicago, 111, distinguished reli
gious leader and a campaign ad
viser to President Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
NCC’s graduating classes will
hear a commencement delivered
by Dr. J. Curtis Dixon, vice
president and executive director
of the Southern Education Foun
dation. Dr. Dixon will speak at
NCC on June 2. Alderman Ca
rey's address will be given on
June 1.
total
GREENSBORO
Dr. Florence M. Read, presi
dent of Spelman College, Atlan
ta, Ga., will deliver the com-
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FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDiNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS
Entered u Second Clou Matter at the Port Office at Dwrham, Sorth CaroUna, under Aet of Mmreh 3,1179.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER 15
DURHAM, N. €., SATUBDAT, APEIL ZStk, 1953
PKICE TSN CKNTS
Shown here are some of the members of the North Caro Una Croum and Scepter Honor Society which met on the cam
pus of Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh recently. For mo re details, see atory, page aix.
ONE VICTIM PARALYTIC
FIRE SWEEPS APARTMENT
HOUSE, KILLING 2 PERSONS
FORD FELLOW
BALTIMORE, MD.
A Ford fellowship grant of
$8,400 for ’advanced research
in 1853-54 has been awarded to
Dr. Clarence P. Stephens, head
of the department of mathema
tics at. Morgan State College.
John K. Weiss, assistant vice
president of the Fund for the
Advancement of Education of
the Ford Foundation, made the
announcement recently.
Dr. Stephens, who may attend
Princeton University, will do
research on existence theorems,
non-linear difference equations
and on non-aaaociative algebras.
Bootseeec^eeeeeeao
Pictured above are nine Hillside higfi school students
who were taken into that school’s chapter of the National
Honor Society Wednesday. Top row, left to right, are Janie
Crawford, Ruth Baines and Christine Leake. Second row,
left to right, are Dorothy Wilson, Victor Thornton and Ernes
tine Lyons. Bottom row are, same order, are Elsie McLeod,
Virginia Barnes and Sybil Barbee.
Other Occupants Escape As Asheville
Tenement Burns In Pre-Dawn Hours
ASHEVILLE
A pre-dawn fire last Saturday
swept ttm>ugh the third floor
of a slum-u%a tenement houae
at 477 Soutn French Broad and
claimed the lives of two men.
The victims were Earl Wilson,
a 67 year-old semi-paralytic
and Johnnie Humphries, 52, a
day worker. According to Dr.
P. R. Terry, Buncombe County
Coroner, both men died of as
phyxiation.
Both men apparently were
trymg to escape but were over
come by intense smoke and
day. Allen-Birchett Funeral
Home was in charge.
Wilaoa was funeralized Wed.
Be is survived by a hall-brotber.
Jim Finley of Asheville and a
number of other nieces and
nephews. Jesse Ray Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
CANDIDATE
flames. Humphries' body was
found in a comer in front of his
bed in his one-room apartment
and Wilson, living accross the
hail, was found lying on the
window sill, half-in and half
out. ^
It is thougiit that the fire
had started as a result of a care
lessly tossed cigarette by Hum
phries and that the fire swep^
up through the attic across to
Wilson’s room, in the front part
of the three-story concrete block
structure of 12 units owned by
Sender Argintar, local realtor.
Fireman were able to confine
the blaze to the third floor al
though there was considerable
water damage on the two floors
below.
All. other occupants of the
buil:||h||L escaped without in
jury ^Bfehe fire wWch broke
out about 3:30 a.m.
Humphries, survived by a
number of brothers, nieces and
nephews, was funeralized Sun-
J. ‘‘Johnny" Bahadur, tee pic
ture above, i* running for a Citv
Council seat in Burlington. Ba
hadur’s entry into Burlington’s
Council race adds one more Ne
gro candidate to the list of near
ly 20 which have entered civic
races throughout the State this
Spring. Burlington’s election i«
scheduled for Monday, April 27.
Hillside Honor
Society Taps
Nine Members
Nine seniors were inducted
into The Hillside high .school
chapter of the National Honor
Society at formal ^stallation
services held at the school here
Wednesday.
New members of the society,
which is composed of top rank
ing scholastic students through
out the country, are Ernestine
Lyons, Janie Crawford, Chris
tine Leake, Victor Thornton,
Dorothy Wilson, Ruth Baines,
Sybil Barbee, Virginia Barnes
and Elsie McLeod.
Dr. Hose Butler Browne,
graduate professor of Educa
tion at North Carolina College,
was the principal speaker for
the induction rites held in 'the
library of the Hillside school.
Juanetta Lyon, former mem-
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Dark Horse May Upset 2
Leaders In Cabbie Contest
Evidence that a dark horse might give trouble to the
leading contenders for the first place in the CARCXiINA
TIMES taxi drivers popularity contest overshadowed this
week’s voting as two new contestants registered the biggest
gains that have been made since the voting started with the
April 4 issue of the TIMES. » ‘‘
Although the contest was designed for local readers, it
took on state and national proportions this week when sev
eral votes came in from other cities within and outside of
the state.
The two drivers whd made spectacular gains were Wil
lie Gilchrist and Alexander McLean. Gilchrist moved from
19th place last week to 9th place this week. Last week Lee
Lassiter held the 9th position but Gilchrist’s tremendous
gains w^l-e too much for him to hold on. Lassiter now has
been pushd down to the 11 th place in the race. McLean’s
gains, while not as outstanding as Gilchrist’s, saw him rise
from the 29th place to tne 14th.
Other drivers showing signs of awakening.
In spite of the gains made by Gilchrist and McLean they
have not yet loom^ as a threat to the two leading contend
ers, William Rogers and Pete Goins. Last week Goins
nosed out Rogers for the first position but this week saw
Rogers jump back into the top position by five ballots.
Other drivers showing signs of awakening are Sonny
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Asheville Church
Dedication Set
ASHSVILLK
Dedication services for the
newly-constrvicted Berry Tem
ple Methodist Church on College
Street have been set (o^ Sonday
at 11 a.m.
The church, built at an ap
proximate cost of $4t.000, r*.
places a building condemned by
the city some two years ago.
The Reverend L. A. Brown ts
pastor.
Special dedicatory senrlCM
will continue throughout tha
week -with various othwr local
' churches as guest partidpaBla.
The ne)v brick church
will seat approxtnatriy
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